Summer Partridge(zǐ xià xuán chún)
Summer Partridge
Zixia Danggui, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ǐ Xi à Xu á NCH ú n, which means to describe a person who is ragged, has a hard life but is aloof and happy in poverty. It comes from Xunzi.
Idiom usage
Quail: the bald tail of quail is like a patchy knot. It refers to Zixia's poor life but unwilling to be an official. His clothes are tattered and knotted. He is like a quail tail hanging on his body. It describes a person who is ragged and lives a hard life, but is self-supporting and happy in poverty. Example Zixia was poor and dressed like a county quail.
The origin of Idioms
"Xunzi's general plan" says: "Zixia's family is poor, and his clothes are like hanging quails."
Chinese PinYin : zǐ xià xuán chún
Summer Partridge
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spread from mouth to mouth
spread from mouth to mouth. zhòng kǒu xiāng chuán
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hold one 's nose and pass stopping one 's nose
hold one 's nose and pass stopping one 's nose. yǎn bí ér guò
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The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked
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make light of wealth and love to be righteous
make light of wealth and love to be righteous. qīng cái zhòng yì
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